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Female athletes must raise awareness of their games and sports to combat chronically low attendance and encourage others to take up athletics, panelists said at a discussion of collegiate women’s sports last night. Participants called limited participation and turnout for women’s sporting events troubling, and said that athletes and Harvard College must better promote their games. “We have an obligation to support women, and we don’t do a great job at that,” said Kathy Delany-Smith, head coach of the women’s basketball...
...This is a great turnout,” Doohvsky said...
...watched a video montage celebrating the 30th anniversary of Harvard women’s hockey. “It’s awesome to see everybody,” Stone said. “We had 42 people out for our alumni game earlier today, which was a great turnout.” Harvard put on a good show for the Crimson alumnae, taking down Brown, 4-0, and allowing Stone to celebrate with the 1999 squad with a clear conscience. “The kids were fired up, and we’re looking forward to a great evening...
...Iraqi officials say about 7.5 million voters cast ballots across central and southern Iraq Saturday, making for a turnout of roughly 51%. The semi-autonomous northern region of Kurdistan did not participate, but throughout most of Iraq hundreds of polling stations opened early Saturday morning. Some 500,000 independent observers watched over polling centers nationwide, and Iraqi officials say no major incidents or serious complaints were reported. (See TIME's Special Report: "Life Returning to Iraq's Streets...
...election is particularly contentious, since it will most likely dilute some of the power of Kurdish politicians in assemblies representing the disputed areas - Kurds are currently overrepresented relative to their share of the population, say U.S. officials, because Sunni Arabs largely boycotted the 2005 election. A more representative turnout will probably change the local balance of power, which could in turn affect the future negotiations over the status of these areas. That's why local Kurdish leaders are going to great lengths to get out the vote. A high-ranking Kurdish official in Diyala's Khanaqin district said thousands...